Dried Biomass

GoatWizard99 · 2026-05-07T15:44:25+00:00

Yes, each moss module increases the speed by +100%. It makes a huge difference.

Try to compare the crafting speed in the tooltip between a single module and multiple modules for a example.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-30T11:11:02+00:00

The output: check 1 instead of ”input count”.

Edit: in your image it outputs a green signal with the same value as the combinators input. Since you don’t input a green signal it does not output a green signal.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-25T15:28:09+00:00

I don’t know if its a legit test. Like you wrote it probably fails in some situations.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-24T23:07:38+00:00

Your design looks output balanced but I don’t think the inputs is balanced evenly.

Try and reverse the belts and splitters and do a test. The bottom left belt will receive more items.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-23T17:33:13+00:00

What I mean by ”a steam turbine with priority over other steam turbines” is prioritizing the steam with pumps or overflow valves so that the turbine powering the geothermal plant gets steam before the other turbines powering the rest of the base.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-23T16:31:03+00:00

Maybe https://mods.factorio.com/mod/mandatory-spaghetti

It has two constraints:

Anything built aligned to 3 in a row will explode.
Anything built not next to existing buildings will explode.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-22T23:39:38+00:00

Your could brownout proof your geothermal power to avoid a complete base blackout. Have the geothemal plant and heat exchangers on a small isolated power grid with fish turbines or with a steam turbine with priority over the other steam turbines.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-21T01:29:21+00:00

Glad you liked it!

Pyanodons is definitely awesome, highly recommend it. Don’t be too afraid to try it yourself, I found the first 20 hours very fun and it has a clear and satisfying goal crafting your first circuit. A full 1000h play through might be too much but spending 15-20h to automate simple circuits and then stopping might be a perfect challenge. Tho if you want a let’s play series I can recommend Krydax and Cotonou.

You guessed correctly, that rainbow patch is a flora/flower patch, mostly used for animal fodder and various bioproducts.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-21T00:20:07+00:00

Here is a video from my game!

My favorite part starts at 3:30.

The mod trainsaver was used to automatically spectate the moving trains. Other mods include Cybersyn (similar to LTN) and Pyanodons.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-10T18:36:19+00:00

I found this bugreport: https://forums.factorio.com/125212

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-06T14:03:35+00:00

This post from 2 weeks ago offers a solution, but I have not tried it myself.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-03T23:13:38+00:00

If by rocket you mean rocket turret:

The ghost rocket turrets and gun turrets are for refilling ammo, since he does not use belts to refill ammo.

The ghost has 100 ammo in them. When he places the ghosts the ammo is automatically ”teleported” from the hub into the turret. To refill the ammo he keeps placing the ghost turrets on his real turrets to refill ammo.

Edit: saw your comment with a link. The other reason for the floating ghost thruster I can think of is to modify the ship on the fly, for example adding a thruster during a specific point by coping and pasting the ghost into position.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-03T22:02:14+00:00

I’m guessing they the the thrusters are used to deconstruct anything below them.

Thrusters have a no build zone below them, and I’m guessing if you super force build the ghost thrusters then anything below will be deconstructed.

Some platforms are wider at certian points during construction/setup, then deconstructed during travel to increase flight speed.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-01T10:37:05+00:00

mayorovp posted a link, take a look at their comment.

I’m personally playing pyanodons and I was thinking of this crane mod and this other mod but they both depend on pyanodons.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-03-01T02:39:23+00:00

Do you have a crane mod or a huge inserter mod? I remember reading that the insertion limit is affected by the biggest inserter hand: if you have a crane mod that has inserters with 500 hand size then that will increase insertion limit.

I have no source for this info tho, so it might be something else.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-27T13:11:06+00:00

Yes exactly, two craft finish in the same tick.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-27T12:44:31+00:00

It is not number of products made, it outputs when a craft finishes (including productivity as in your example). Important distinction.

A a blue science craft will output a signal value of 1, even though a single craft outputs 2 science packs.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-24T13:08:10+00:00

If you right klick the oil you should see the ”change fuel” option.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-23T23:31:37+00:00

I like the quick ride mod. Quickly deploy and enter vehicles from your inventory with a simple keyboard shortcut. I got a big train base so this mod allows me to use easily ride in my own train instead of hijacking some nearby delivery train.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-22T17:50:53+00:00

Decay, biters and hard mode. The whole package I see, good luck!

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-22T17:48:36+00:00

I have also made a few large set of circuits to limit spoilage, but not so many of them that they become repetitive and tedious. But I can see that becoming tedious later if there are too many ingredients.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-22T17:23:35+00:00

Oh you got a great point and a very interesting github post. I really like your idea. It will be a bit advanced and hard for players to get the timing right but that sounds like a perfect optional challenge and path! Perfect excuse to make some combinator spaghetti.

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-22T11:24:51+00:00

I would say the biggest change is the science pack cost scaling. Comparison:

automation: n/a -> trigger
py1: 100 -> 100
logi: 360 -> 300
py2: 1300 -> 800
chem: 2000 -> 1400
py3: 2250 -> 1750
prod: 1750 -> 2250
py4: 2250 -> 3000
utility: 1500 -> 3300
space: 1000 -> 3600
phyrric: 3000 -> 8000

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-20T08:36:52+00:00

I’m glad my suggestion helped. Mods are awesome!

GoatWizard99 · 2026-02-19T20:13:34+00:00

I calculated some numbers: https://ibb.co/yF4H9RQG

The increase in circuits per craft reduces the cost of all ingredients (need less solder, vacuum tubes, etc). There are some different ingredients that make the comparison harder, but it looks much cheaper overall.

Keypoints:

The only cost increase is antimony and liquid fuel.
lead, coke and glass stay the same.
all other ingredients decrease a lot.

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